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March 2, 2009
Finding Our Calling
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. —Ephesians 4:1
A continuing struggle as we seek to follow Christ is trying to find our calling in life. While we often think in terms of occupation and location, perhaps a more important issue is one of character—the
being that undergirds
doing. “Lord, who do You want me to be?”
In Ephesians 4, Paul wrote, “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called” (v.1). He followed this with three “be’s,” as one translation renders it: be humble, be gentle, be patient, “bearing with one another in love” (v.2 NIV). Paul wrote this from prison, a difficult place where he continued to live out his calling from God.
Oswald Chambers said: “Consecration is not the giving over of the calling in life to God, but the separation from all other callings and the giving over of ourselves to God, letting His providence place us where He will—in business, or law, or science; in workshop, in politics, or in drudgery. We are to be there working according to the laws and principles of the Kingdom of God.”
When we are the right people before God, we can do whatever task He sends, wherever He puts us. In so doing, we discover and affirm His calling for us.
You are called with a holy calling
The light of the world to be;
To lift up the lamp of the gospel
That others the light may see. —Anon.
Good morning!
Setup at the coffee shop and sipping my coffee next to the fireplace. Its all of 1 degree outside and sunny.
As I’m up breakfast is on me today.
Flame seared sirloin steak (done just right)
Thin sliced ham over English muffin with an egg and Hollandaise sauce
Hashbrowns just golden brown
Toast (whole wheat, sourdough or 9-grain)
Eggs your way
Hot cereal (of your choice)
ice cold milk
fresh jucis
coffee the way you like it
Tea for the rest of us
and hot apple strudel with cremery buttery topping
(You can have more, I love to cook!)
Thank you for this lovely Daily Bread lesson today, Mr. Mayor.
I will start my day with that today.
We got a touch of snow last night, not much! The sun is shining brightly now but it is terribly cold.
Hope you have a wonderful day today.
Happy Monday, Mayor. Thank you for another helping of Our Daily Bread. Just what the doctor ordered.
I’m sure you had a wonderful weekend visit with your daughter and granddaughter.
Have a Happy Music Monday.
